AAAA is a domain record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system in which every IP consists of four sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the tremendously smaller range of unique IPs the present system supports and also the quick increase of devices that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain name to a web server that uses this kind of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted within your shared hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it'll permit you to set up or change every record without difficulty. As soon as you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that will show up, input or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% live within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be live after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very simple steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be working and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other company may also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.